Clean energy produces billions in health benefits, study finds
"This research shows that renewables pay for themselves through health benefits alone."
Red states cut worker pay by $1.5 billion
If you’re a minimum wage worker in a conservative state, your state lawmakers may have cut your paycheck by over $4,000.
Assata’s Daughters: Meet the feminist black leaders fighting to change the South Side
Assata’s Daughters is a Black women-led organization formed by Black feminists and organizers in the South Side of Chicago as a reaction...
Blackwater mercenary sentenced to life in prison
Responsible for firing the first bullet in the Nisour Square massacre in 2007, former Blackwater security contractor Nicholas Slatten was sentenced Wednesday to life in federal prison. Last year, Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder...
Looking backwards: 2020-1944
Perhaps you’ll recognize the reference in the title to this article to a novel published in 1888. It was the third most...
Ideas from hell: The far right’s weaponized conspiracy theories
Since the end of April, there have been three mass shootings that can be directly tied to white nationalism. The victims of...
EPA reverses approval of poison traps used to kill wildlife
Last week, Trump’s EPA had made the decision to reauthorize the use of deadly cyanide traps to kill the wild animals that...
Fighting back: Six states sue the EPA over its approval of pesticide linked to...
“The EPA is egregiously sacrificing our children’s health by refusing to make a determination on this dangerous pesticide.”
As U.S. children head back to school, sales of bulletproof backpacks skyrocket
Sales of bulletproof backpacks have gone up 300% recently as parents prepare their kids to go back to school. With the latest...
The youth of the world call on us to act against climate change
Since Greta Thunberg began her Friday strikes in front of the Swedish parliament, calling for action against climate change, she has been...